Improvement in flower-pots



tn'trd tant Le'tte'rs Patent No. 102,311, dated April 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN -ILOWER-POTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all-whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. PENFIELD, of Lockport, in the county of' Niagara and State of New York have invented certain Improvements in Flower- Po ts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in providing an urn or lower pot holder, the bottom of which holds water, the sides being high enough to hide the ordinary soft earthenware crock, which is held suspended by a flange around the inside of the holder, and having a number of hples through the sides to allow a free circulation of air al1 around the crock.

In the drawing, the figure shows a vertical section of the flower-potandurn.l

A is the 'outside urn or holder, preferably made of metal, and, if desired, of an ornamental form, standing on its own pedestalkthe whole formed in one o'r more pieces, and having a number of holes or perfovrations, a a a a, in itssides, which admit afree circulat1on of air around and under the earthenware crock' B, which sits inside the urn, and is held `suspended by a'rim, b, which rests on a flange, @formed on the inside edge of the urn.

The bottom of the urn is hollowed out, making a reservoir, f, to receive and hold the water that works through the crock, the bottom of which stands some little distance from the bottom of the urn.

A faucet, d, can be arranged in the bottom of the urn to draw oii' the water which accumulates from the flower-pot. l

As is well known, soft earthen crooks are considered the most suitable for plants to grow in, as they retain moisture and absorb more or less nourishment from the atmosphere. ever, is that being so porous, the water put in for the benefit of the plants runs out at the bottom or exudes from the sides. To do away with this trouble, I provide this outside durable holder, which will 'hold the water and yet not exclude the air from the pot, and protects it from damage, and which can. be made in any ornamental manuel', or painted according to taste. \Vhen desired, the pot can be removed and set in the ground and the urn used for other purposes. Another advantage is, that, when necessary to water the plant from the bottom, enough water can be poured to rise through the hole in the bottom of the crock. Still another advantage is that earthenware does not heat and dry the plants, as is usual with metal pots.

-I am acquainted with the patent ol Gr. Gunther, J une 13,1865, for a flower-basket, having a detaeha# ble bottom; suchA is not, however, the equivalent ot' my invention.

I claim asmy invention- The-earthenware pot B, suspended within the metal -vase A, leaving an airspace around its sides, and a water space below it, in combination with openings a,

communicating with said air-space, as herein set forth. In witness `whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence' of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS 1t. PENFIELD.

Witnesses Trios.' W. VAN VALKENBURG, S. O. Lnwls.

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